AI-assisted research summary: This section limits liability for governmental entities and public employees in designated hazardous recreation areas, with exceptions for certain unsafe conditions and gross negligence.
(a)This section does not grant authority or permission for a person to engage in hazardous recreational activities on property owned or controlled by a governmental entity unless such governmental entity has specifically designated such area for these activities. (b)No governmental entity or public employee who has complied with G.S. 99E-23 shall be liable to any person who voluntarily participates in hazardous recreation activities for any damage or injury to property or persons that arises out of a person’s participation in the activity and that takes place in an area designated for the activity. (c)This section does not limit liability that would otherwise exist for any of the following: (1)The failure of the governmental entity or public employee to guard against or warn of a dangerous condition of which a participant does not have and cannot reasonably be expected to have had notice. (2)An act of gross negligence by the governmental entity or public employee that is the proximate cause of the injury. (d)Nothing in this section creates a duty of care or basis of liability for death, personal injury, or damage to personal property. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to be a waiver of sovereign immunity under any circumstances. (e)Nothing in this section limits the liability of an independent concessionaire or any person or organization other than a governmental entity or public employee, whether or not the person or organization has a contractual relationship with a governmental entity to use the public property, for injuries or damages suffered in any case as a result of the operation of equipment for hazardous recreational activities on public property by the concessionaire, person, or organization. (f)The fact that a governmental entity carries insurance that covers any activity subject to this Article does not constitute a waiver of the liability limits under this section, regardless of the existence or limits of the coverage. Reserved for future codification purposes. History: History.2003-334, s. 1.